The edit.

At the beginning of my first year when I had signed up for a practical film module I decided to purchase Final Cut Express, as it would enable me to perform editing. Many of my lecturers said that it would be sufficient for editing. However, before we went on the Easter break, we all decided to do our own edits of the film. I bought a Lacie hard drive, so I could drag the Footage, and the synced audio and footage. However, when trying to edit it in my current version of FCE, it refused. After much research we found that this was due to the fact that Apple encouraged their customers to upgrade to the full FCP version, but however stopped people going back down the 'ladder'. This was extremely frustrating, especially as I was unable to perform an edit over the easter when I had FCE, and a suitably fast laptop. After much thought I decided to get the whole FCP version as it is something I was planning before finishing Uni anyway. Over the break I became very familiar with the software, completing In my opinion, a very tight edit. However, again I faced problems when trying to cut parts of my edit into the Uni machines, and this was because I had bought the latest version of Final Cut Pro, being the 7 edition. The one at university was the 6th, again I faced the problem with transferring my edit back down the 'ladder'. I am not impressed with Apple, all they are interested in is money!!!

We all had to do a complete re-edit on the uni machine. We incorporated the best parts of each edit, making it into one. Although we faced some big problems regarding the sound, due to the tape recorder not working. We had many booking with Richard Wood, trying to sort this. It's done now, but its not 100% perfect. I guess you learn from your mistakes. I certainly have anyway.